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SIFMA Foundation Game Simulates Global Capital Markets to Engage Students

Release Date:

07/26/2016

... Sharing with others? How about teaching them important financial skills. The Stock Market Game is an online simulation of the global capital markets to engage students grades 4-12. The goal is to teach them...

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Education

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SIFMA Foundation

NY Community Trust Publishes Article on What Happens to a Bankrupt Nonprofit’s Assets

Release Date:

10/14/2016

... Nonprofit’s Assets Sometimes, charities face serious financial peril, maybe leading to reorganization through a ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Rockefeller Foundation Supports 'Food for Soul' to Combat Food Waste

Release Date:

04/13/2017

... by Food for Soul’s work to combat food waste in support of social inclusion. The Foundation has now confirmed it will ... its impact sustainably. This includes taking its model of community kitchens, the...

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Food Systems

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Mellon Foundation Supports Digitization Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs

Release Date:

04/17/2017

... Project for the American Numismatic Society’s Back List of Monographs The digitization project for the American Numismatic Society’s back list of monographs has gained funding from The Andrew W. Mellon...

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Communications/Media

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Mellon Foundation

Hurricane Harvey Recovery Webinar: How Donors Can Help

Release Date:

08/30/2017

... and Louisiana, and how to allocate resources—human, financial , and technical—to meet the needs of Hurricane Harvey-affected communities. Watch the webinar ...

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Caught Our Attention

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Disaster Relief

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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy

How Debt Is Threatening Retirement Dreams

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... a recent analysis by MagnifyMoney, the site I co-founded, of data from the University of Michigan Retirement Research Center (MRRC) Health and ... more than 20,000 Americans 50 and older on a range of...

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Aging

Economic Security

City Schools Buy Marked-Up Supplies Thanks To DOE System

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... school must funnel its purchases through a city Department of Education portal called the Financial Accounting Management Information System, or FAMIS. ... with a range of vendors including...

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Education

Commonwealth Fund Releases 2019 Scorecard On State Health System Performance

Release Date:

06/12/2019

... losing ground on key measures related to life expectancy as premature deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug overdose ... found that health care costs are placing an increasing financial burden on families...

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

Immigrant Rights Fund: 6 Lessons We’ve Learned So Far

Release Date:

05/09/2017

... Rights Fund in late 2016 to defend and protect the rights of immigrant communities in the face of exclusionary and unjust policies under the new Trump Administration. With the Fund, we have...

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Insights

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Immigration

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Brooklyn Org

What Philanthropy’s Response to Changes in Washington Means for Civic Engagement

Release Date:

06/15/2017

... Engagement This pieces originally appeared on the website of the Center for Effective Philanthropy and is reposted with ... the sentiments many foundation leaders have felt as we make sense of...

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American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation Award More Than $1 M to National Treasure Sites

Release Date:

11/10/2015

... in funding to support the restoration and preservation of five National Treasure sites, in or adjacent to National ... these National Treasures for generations to come.” “ As the presenting partner of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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American Express

On Philanthropy: All Investing is Impact Investing (Rockefeller Brothers Fund, F.B. Heron Foundation)

Release Date:

01/04/2016

... and donor-advised funds. Donors have transferred ownership of these funds to separate legal entities and received ... work in the world. Yet only a small percentage of those funds is expended on charitable...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

F.B. Heron Foundation

Bank of America Announces Hurricane Irma Relief Efforts

Release Date:

09/11/2017

Bank of America Announces Hurricane Irma Relief Efforts Bank of ... disaster areas in Florida may be eligible for financial assistance. The bank will contact clients directly ... when areas...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

E-Learning: Philanthropy Fundamentals

Philanthropy Fundamentals is an on-demand, online course for staff in the philanthropic sector.

... sector. The course is offered only to Philanthropy New York members. Developed in collaboration with content ... sector. Immerse yourself in five short chapters of on-demand, interactive...

Foundation for Opiod Response Efforts Announces Second Wave of COVID-19 Response Grants – Bringing Total Emergency Funding to Nearly $1 Million

Release Date:

10/21/2020

... for Opiod Response Efforts Announces Second Wave of COVID-19 Response Grants – Bringing Total Emergency ... Funding to Nearly $1 Million Today we announced ten new grants totaling $634,869 to support...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Multiyear Grantmaking for Justice and Social Change

Release Date:

07/22/2021

... borough, made possible with the critical continued support of our donors. 60% of the new funding focuses primarily on Black communities, in ... for the Empowerment of Youth...

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Brooklyn Org

21 Feb 2019

Black History Month: Diversity and Strength of the Black Immigrant Community in the U.S. - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, February 21, 2019 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... be granted on a first come, first served basis.* In honor of Black History Month, this month’s policy call will ... and strength of the black immigrant community in the U.S., as well ...

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Issue-Based

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All Funders

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Immigration

Foundations as First Responders?

Release Date:

04/18/2013

We’re pleased to have Brooklyn Community Foundation President Marilyn Gelber share the lessons she’s learned ... communities well following Hurricane Sandy. Foundations as First Responders? ...

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Insights

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Brooklyn Org

How Should Philanthropy Respond to Obama’s Speech on Black Men and Boys?

Release Date:

08/15/2013

We’re pleased to have Shawn Dove, Manager of the Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, discuss the effect of President Obama’s comments after the Trayvon Martin ...